allow me to pick your brains about my Twin Ultramatic

Posted by Cli55er On 2008/1/21 21:42:33

okay......it is diffenetly stuck in gear. i think it is stuck in the first triangle on the left of the D on the column.

i got under the car and tried to move the driveshaft, which is disconnected from the rear end, and it wont budge a bit. not a MM. i then put a wrench on one of the bolts to the output shaft to get some leverage....nothing....and that is not fun being under a car with a bunch of spiders......which i HATE!! creepy crawly bastards... that is me smashing them and this is me shooting them

i also tried moving the linkage arm where it goes into the side of the trans. pan. it wont move much at all. it is leaking fluid though....

the trans seems like it used to be RED in color....does that seem right, shouldn't it be tealish color like the motor. the previous owner did think that it was replace from the original one, but that was it.

i took the little linkage off the switch on the steering column and faked it out to think it was in P. turned the key and it tried to turn, i didn't want to do it long as i didn't want to mess up the motor since it hasn't been started in so long. it did give me one good rrruuuurrr and then i stopped. trans. still wouldn't come out of gear. so i tried one more time....ruuurrr ruuurrr and heard the drive shaft clank on the underside of the car...so the trans is turning, but i tried to get it out of gear and still nothing. i didn't try again...don't want to push my luck.

so.....what should i do. get the motor all ready to really really run and then take the drive shaft off completely so it wont slash and run the car a bit to get the fluids flowing....and then try to take it out of gear.....


i am lost.

thanks for the help guys....i love wisdom and when you share it it is even better

Hank